Painting Pictures with Words
Posted on September 23, 2019 by Amber
Guest post by Seumas Gallacher Today, I would like to introduce my dear friend and fellow author, Seumas Gallacher. I first met Seumas about 7 years ago, through Twitter and blogging, just after he released his 2nd book of the Jack Caulder Crime Series.… Continue Reading ““A Journey to myself – writing my autobiography””
Category: authors, books, reading, Uncategorized, writingTags: #Kindle books, authors, autobiography, books, guest blogs, jack caulder crime series, memoirs, Seumas Gallacher, writing
Posted on August 30, 2019 by Amber
I haven’t posted anything here lately, and for that, I apologize. I’ve been working hard to finish all the little details in the publishing phase, preparing for the upcoming book launch. As of today, there are 14 more days left to this 90 Day… Continue Reading “The Essay that Inspired the Book…”
Category: authors, writingTags: #90DayChallenge, #amwriting, #angels, #books, #demons, #storytelling, #TheChosenOnes, authors, inspiration, publishing
Posted on August 14, 2019 by Amber
So, I decided to take a little time off to give my eyes (and brain) a little break. Yeah, right. Let me share with you how that went. The first 2 days, I did actually stay off of the computer, and all other digital… Continue Reading “31 Days to Book Launch!”
Category: authors, reading, writingTags: #amwriting, #MakeADifference, authors, book cover, books, independent author, indie author, writing, writing industry
Posted on August 2, 2019 by Amber
Dear Christian, I finished the rough draft of your story late last night. I didn’t quite make the deadline of 30 days, due to some technical difficulties (aka cats and your dog). But publishing is still scheduled for the middle of September. I thought… Continue Reading “Wish You Were Here.”
Posted on July 3, 2019 by Amber
As promised, here is the beginning of the story inspired by an essay that my son, Christian, wrote. Aided by Christian’s essay and the rough outline we designed together, I am working to fulfill a promise I made to my son, to complete this… Continue Reading “The Beginning of the Story…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #amwriting, authors, book excerpt, books, Christian fantasy fiction
Posted on June 28, 2019 by Amber
How to make 737,438 Baked Alaskans… With average daytime summer temperatures ranging from 55 to 78 °F (12.8 to 25.6 °C) across the state, today is a little hotter than normal. Tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter…if anyone’s left to record it. I… Continue Reading “Friday Fun – Baked Alaskan”
Category: authors, Comedy, Friday Fun, writingTags: #Alaska, #amwriting, authors, heatwave, hot weather memes, summer, weather
Posted on June 26, 2019 by Amber
The dawn of a new day… We are entering into a heat wave here in Alaska. Our average temperature for this time of year is 67F. But the forecast says 78F today, and 87F by Friday. We have a saying here, “Alaskans don’t tan,… Continue Reading “Good Morning Sunshine”
Category: authors, writingTags: authors, finding balance, sunrise, wildflowers, writing
Posted on June 21, 2019 by Amber
It’s time for a coffee break… I have been drinking coffee for as long as I can remember. There is probably more coffee than blood in my veins. In fact, I my grandmother used to put it in my bottle when I was just… Continue Reading “Friday Fun #7 – Coffee”
Category: authors, Comedy, Friday Fun, writingTags: #amwriting, #FridayFun, authors, coffee, Comedy, humor
A leap of faith… “Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him…so shall your plans be established and succeed”. (Proverbs 16:3 AMP) In 2014, when he was in the 7th grade, I gave my son, Christian, a writing assignment… Continue Reading “90 Days to Published Challenge…”
Category: authors, writingTags: #amwriting, authors, books, Christian fantasy fiction, fiction, publishing, writers, writing
Kindness in the world of wordsmiths… Through the years I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some wonderful folks in the Author community. Without their kind generosity, my own journey into the land of writing would not have happened. Generally speaking, in the world of… Continue Reading “3 Questions for Authors”
Category: authors, writingTags: advice for authors, authors, marketing, questions, questions for authors, writing, writing as a business
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